Two fraternities coming to Boulder, growing community to 20 chapters

Alpha Kappa Lamba, Pi Kappa Alpha joining Boulder's Interfraternity Council in the next year

By Sarah Kuta

Staff Writer

Posted:
10/25/2016 08:40:45 AM MDT

Updated:
10/25/2016 03:31:35 PM MDT

A chapter of the Alpha Kappa Lamba fraternity is coming to town next spring, according to Boulder's Interfraternity Council.

Another fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, is completing the first phase of its return to Boulder this week. With the addition of those two chapters, the fraternity community in Boulder will grow to 20 chapters this spring, according to Greek advocate Marc Stine.

Pi Kappa Alpha, originally chartered in Boulder in 1922, was suspended by its national organization in November 2013 "due to an ongoing history of activities that (were) inconsistent with the fraternity's standards," according to Stine.

Boulder's Interfraternity Council is an independent umbrella organization for the fraternities in Boulder, which are not affiliated with the University of Colorado. Their members are CU undergraduate men. This semester, there are roughly 1,800 male CU students involved in fraternity life.

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